Accreditation and Standard-Setting Organizations

Accreditation and Standard-Setting Organizations

Series: Related Organizations Lists
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway

Includes selected national organizations that provide agency/member accreditation and/or standard-setting for child welfare-related services.

CARF, International
6951 East Southpoint Road
Tucson, Arizona 85756
Toll-Free: (888) 281-6531
Fax: (520) 318-1129
CARF, International, founded as the Commission of Rehabilitation Facilities, is an independent accreditor of health and human services. Through accreditation, CARF assists service providers in improving the quality of their services, demonstrating value, and meeting internationally recognized organizational and program standards. The Child and Youth Services accreditation area covers 28 distinct types of programs including those specific to child welfare, behavioral health, and child development.
nadid: 24222
Center for Adoption Support and Education National Training Initiative
General Scope: The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI) provides web-based trainings to build the capacity of child welfare and mental health professionals in all States, Tribes, and territories to effectively support children, youth, and their foster, adoptive, and guardianship families. The training for Adoption Competency (TAC) is an accredited post-Master’s curriculum designed by C.A.S.E. with the assistance of a National Advisory Board of adoption experts.
Online Trainings: NTI also features a recorded webinar discussion on Addressing Racial Bias in Transracial/Transcultural Adoption which is designed to increase professionals’ understanding of implicit and explicit bias, providing strategies and tools to better support transracial/transcultural adoptive families.
nadid: 30262
Child Welfare League of America
Headquarters
727 15th St. NW Suite 1200
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Phone: (202) 688-4200
Fax: (202) 833-1689
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the oldest national organization serving vulnerable children, youth, and their families. CWLA provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to child welfare professionals and agencies while also educating the public on emerging issues that affect abused, neglected, and at-risk children. Through its publications, conferences, and teleconferences, CWLA shares information on emerging trends, specific topics in child welfare practice (family foster care, kinship care, adoption, positive youth development), and Federal and State policies.
nadid: 11165
Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
112 South Alfred Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: (703) 253-0473
Fax: (703) 253-0508
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's (AAMFT) Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) is a specialized accrediting body that accredits master's degree, doctoral degree, and post-graduate degree clinical training programs in marriage and family therapy throughout the United States and Canada.
nadid: 24132
Council on Accreditation Services for Children and Families
45 Broadway St.
29th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Phone: (212) 797-3000
Toll-Free: (866) 262-8088
Fax: (212) 797-1428
The Council on Accreditation Services for Children and Families, which was founded by the Child Welfare League of America and Family Services of America, is a child and family service and behavioral health care organization. COA promotes best-practice standards, quality services for children, youth and families, and advocates for the value of accreditation.
nadid: 11171
Council on Social Work Education
1701 Duke Street
Suite 200
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3457
Phone: (703) 683-8080
Fax: (703) 683-8099
The Council on Social Work Education is a partnership of educational and professional institutions, social welfare agencies, and private citizens that is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States. CSWE works to ensure that social work professionals are competent by promoting and maintaining high quality social work education.
nadid: 11172
Healthy Families America
228 S. Wabash
10th Floor
National Office
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: (312) 663-3520
Fax: (312) 939-8962
Healthy Families America, a program of Prevent Child Abuse America, promotes child health and development and positive parenting through voluntary home visits by trained staff.
nadid: 11194
Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity
5950 NW 1st Place
Suite A
Gainesville, Florida 32607
Toll-Free: (888) 241-6930
Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity (IAAME) is an organization created for the sole purpose of the accreditation, approval, monitoring and oversight of adoption service providers providing intercountry adoption services.
nadid: 29891
National Association for Regulatory Administration
400 S 4th Street
Suite 754E
Administrative Offices
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Phone: (888) 674-7052
Fax: (859) 231-1943
General Scope: The National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) is dedicated to the protection of the health, safety and well-being of children and vulnerable adults in day or residential human care facilities through licensing and other forms of regulation.
Training Specific: NARA offers several options in the area of professional development and training services, including the annual Licensing Conference and Seminar, Core Knowledge, Best Practices, Online Courses, customized on the ground training, and more.
nadid: 24313
National Association of Black Social Workers
2305 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. S.E.
Washington, District of Columbia 20020
Phone: (202) 678-4570
The National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc., comprised of people of African ancestry, is committed to enhancing the quality of life and empowering people of African ancestry through advocacy, human services delivery, and research.
nadid: 30241
National Association of Counsel for Children
899 N. Logan Street
Suite 208
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: (303) 864-5320
Toll-Free: (888) 828-NACC
Fax: (303) 864-5351
The National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) works to improve the legal protection and representation of children by training and educating child advocates. The NACC sponsors conferences and seminars on important issues confronting child advocates and files amicus curiae briefs in selected court cases affecting children. The Association also has a national child advocate awards program, and a speakers bureau.
nadid: 11130
National Association of Social Workers
750 First Street NE
Suite 800
Washington, District of Columbia 20002-4241
Phone: (202) 408-8600
TTY: (800) 742-4089
General Scope: The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a private, nonprofit membership organization committed to enhancing the profession of social work, developing and supporting social policy, and promoting human services programs. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and ensure the welfare of children and families.
Online Trainings: The NASW online catalog contains professional development courses, lectures, seminars, workshops, webinars, conferences, and self-study courses on a variety of topics, including diversity, racism, and cultural competence . NASW members can receive free or discounted continuing education credits to fill licensing or credentialing requirements for their participation in professional development programs.
nadid: 11132
National Children's Alliance
516 C Street, NE
Washington, District of Columbia 20002
Phone: (202) 548-0090
Toll-Free: (800)239-9950
Fax: (202) 548-0099
General Scope: The National Children's Alliance (NCA) is a nonprofit membership organization that provides training, technical assistance, and networking opportunities to communities seeking to plan, establish, and improve Children's Advocacy Centers. These Centers further the goal of serving abused children through a comprehensive approach to services for victims and their families.
Training Specific: A wide range of training opportunities may be found in the NCA Learning Center.
nadid: 11023
National Network for Social Work Management
c/o Special Service for Groups
905 E. 8th St.
Los Angeles, California 90021
Phone: (213) 553-1822
Phone: (213) 553-1870
The National Network for Social Work Management is dedicated solely to improving the quality of organizations by equipping managers to become effective people-centered leaders. Its mission is to make available the knowledge and experience of its members to one another in order to maximize their effectiveness.
nadid: 19688
National Staff Development and Training Association
1133 17th St. N
Suite 340
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Phone: (202) 682-0100
Fax: (202) 289-6555
General Scope: The mission of the National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA) is to build professional and organizational capacity in the human services through a national network of membership sharing ideas and resources on organizational development, staff development, and training.
Training Specific: The NSDTA represents training professionals working in public human services. Each year, NSDTA sponsors a Professional Development Institute, a national training and networking event for people involved in human services training, staff development and organizational development. Presenters represent governmental agencies including human services, public health, child welfare, corrections and human rights, as well as nongovernmental agencies including private sector child welfare and community-based organizations.
nadid: 11305
Prevent Child Abuse America
228 S. Wabash
10th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: (312) 663-3520
Fax: (312) 939-8962
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) is committed to promoting legislation, policies, and programs that help prevent child abuse and neglect, support healthy childhood development, and strengthen families. Working with State chapters, PCCA provides leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at the national and local levels.
PCAA's research team provides a link between research and practice by developing and evaluating prevention strategies, and by disseminating information about child abuse maltreatment and its prevention across the country.
nadid: 11034
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Blvd.
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
Phone: (630) 792-5800
The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest accrediting body in healthcare and has been accrediting agencies providing services to children and families under their behavioral health standards, which include enhanced standards for child welfare and human services agencies in the areas of adoption, kinship care, reunification, foster care, wrap-around services, and more.
nadid: 30758
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 5541 Cohen Building
Washington, District of Columbia 20201
Phone: (202) 619-1343
Fax: (202) 260-8512
The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to protect the integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, as well as the health and welfare of the beneficiaries of those programs. OIG has a responsibility to report both to the Secretary and to the Congress program and management problems and recommendations to correct them. OIG's duties are carried out through a nationwide network of audits, investigations, evaluations and other mission-related functions performed by OIG components.
nadid: 24133
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Room 2236
Washington, District of Columbia 20520
Phone: (202) 647-4000
Toll-Free: (888) 407-4747
The U.S. Department of State’s serves as the U.S. Central Authority on intercountry adoption. The Department actively works to ensure that intercountry adoption remains a viable option for children in need of permanency who cannot find homes in their countries of birth. The U.S. Department of State website provides both information and guidance to U.S. citizens interested in adoption from foreign countries.
nadid: 19862